Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 377-383 , August 2010

Dietary constituents of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables: Implications for prevention and therapy of cancer

  • Ingrid Herr

      Affiliations

    • Molecular OncoSurgery, University of Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 365, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 6221 56 38354; fax: +49 6221 56 6119.
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  • Markus W. Büchler

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Received 8 October 2009 ,Revised 23 December 2009 ,Accepted 17 January 2010.

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Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 377-383 , August 2010

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